Motor-vehicle.



PATENTED' MAY 7, 1907.

L. E. SMITH. MOTOR VEHICLE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16.1906.

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No. 853,132. .PATENTED MAY 7, 1907.

L. E. SMITH. MOTOR VEHICLE.

APPLIOATIdN rum) JUNE 16.1906.

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. siding at Halsey, in the county of Linn and fully described and claimed, reference being Be it known that I, LAFAYETTE E. SMITH,

from the rear axle and bolster, and also of UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIOE.

LAFAYETTE E. SMITH, V

or HALSEY, OREGON.

MOTOR-VEHICLE.

To all whom it may concern.-

a citizen of the United States of America, re-

State of Oregon, have invented new and useful Improvements in Motor-Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

1 My invention relates generally to im rovements in motor vehicles and particular y to a motor drive gearing for wagons, trucks and like vehicles.

The main object of the invention is to provide a simple construction of motor mechanism which may be readily applied to any ordinary construction of wagon to convert the same into a motor vehicle and which may be as readily removed for repairs or the substitution of new for damaged parts when occasion requires.

Another object is to provide a n'oveland. improved construction of. steering gear for use in association with the driving mechanism.

With the above and other objects in View,

the invention consists of the novel construction .and combination of parts hereinafter had to the accompanying drawings, in which 1 Figure 1 is a top plan view of therunnin gear of a wagon or similar vehicle equip e( with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical ongitudinal section through the same.

Referring to the drawings, wherein I have shown the application of the invention to the running gear of. a wagon of conventional type, the numeral 1 designates the front axle, 2 the front supporting wheels carried thereby, 3 the front hounds, 4 the rear axle, 5 the rear wheels mounted thereon, 6 the rear bolster, 7 the rear hounds, and 8 the reach. 'The motor drive gearing or attachment embodying my invention comprises a supporting frame 9, which is of proper width to extend between the rear wheels 5 and be supported sufi'icient length to extend foryvardly to effectually support the operating parts. As shown, the frame preferably comprises a casting formed to provide a rear inclosing chamber or compartment 10, adapted'to re ceive a hydro-carbon motor 11 and a tank or reservoir 12 containing the hydro-carbon fuel. This chamber maybe closed by a removable cover .13 secured in an preferred manner therettnv In advance '0 the com-' Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 16, 1906. Serial No. 322,047.

I Patented May 7,1907.

partment 10 the frame is provided, with short forwardly extending arms 14 having angularly arranged 'or converging forward extensions 15 connected at their front ends by a transverse piece 16. Formed on or secured to the portions 15 and 16 are chambers or compartments 1 7 and 18, the former being designed to receive the sparking batteries 18 andthe latter to serve as a storage compartment or tank for the cooling water; I have not deemed it necessary to show the sparking connections, any detailed construction of motor, the water circulating connections or the devices for controlling the operation of the motor, as these form no part of my presentinvention and may be of the ordinaryor any preferred construction.

It will be observed that the frame is of such form as to fit between the rear-wheels and below the rear axle and rear hounds, and any preferred means may be provided to support it in position. 1n the present instance I have shown the rear portion of the apparatus supported from the rear axle and b0 ster by hangers or clips 19, and the front portion supported from the hounds 7 by suspending hangers 20 and a clampinggbarifzl. The bar 21 rests upon the upper surface of the hounds 7 and passes through the hangers .upon t e running gear.

The arms 14 areprovided with bearings for a transverse power shaft 22 which is provided at its ends with sprocket pinions 23 which are connected by chains 24 with sprocket drive gears 25, clamped or otherwise fixed to the hubs or spokes of the wheels 5. The sprockets 2-5 are designed in practice to be of such construction as to permit them to be fixed to the spokes or hubs of Wheels of different sizes and of any ordinary construction. On the shaft 22 is arranged a sleeve 26, which is suitably applied thereto to rotate therewith and slide to a limitedextent thereon. This sleevecarries a pair of friction gears 27 and 28 ada ted to be engaged by an intermediate cone riction gear 29 ar ranged 'upon a crank shaft 30' connected with the piston 0f the motor and driven thereby. The sleeve-26 has at one end an annularly grooved extension suitably en aged by a shifting. lever 31 pivoted to the rame 9, and

"connected with an operating rod 32, designed to be attachedin practice to a suitable operating device leading upwardin convement IOO position to be actuatedjby the driver or operator. QB v. shifti'ng this rod v32 ba0 k and a forth-'theslh v nallly on the power shaft tlmoiighthe medium 5 of t e' lever31to throw either the ear 27 or,

the ear28-into engagement-witht edriving gearor to throw both ofsaid ears 27 and 28- 'outof engagement WithJsa'i gear 29-. By J means thegearing may be' adjusted to I epti of the same, as will-be lyunderstood.g

. Thei'front cross or connectingpiece -16-of the'frame is provided with bearings 33 in f: 5 which isjournaled a;windin shaft-34. H =Connected at one-endwith sai shaft are cables 35; the forward ends of which are connected A byv yielding sectionsfor springs' 36 with the front axle 1 on o po'site sides of the kin bolt; 37 on which'sai axle is mounted for pivotal movement. The rear ends Iof'thecables are preferably woundin asuitablenumber'of windings about the shaft 34 in reverse directions; so thatfnpon' turning the shaftfor- =5 wardl'y or-relarwardly the front axlejmay be.

swun I to 'the'right or left" to efi'ectthe' steeringwo the vehicle-f 'Th'e springs 'oryielding' sections'36 are provided to take up any jolts .o'r jars or irregular motion of the front-axle 0' from thepassage of the front wheels over 'ob structions 'or irregularities 'of' surface, and" thus to prevent strain from falling u ,on' the shaft 34 and frame of the motor. neend of the shaft 34' carries a beveled pinion- 38 meshing with a beveled gear '39 mounted 'fupon thelower end ofa steering rod or post 40 having at its,upp'er. end a hand wheel or I device 41by'which said post may beiturne to rotate-the shaft 34, through said operatin 49. gearin 'in either direction to steer the vein cle. 'uitableratchetjor-otherlocking mechanism may be employed-in' ractice to lock .the steering 'post in adjuste .position,-ifrde-1 shown in'the sired or'f'ound necessaryr As 45 present'instance, the est-40 is journaledat its lower end in a lame et armr42 fixed to the v i -tor gandgearing-between the ends 0f the shaft andthe that my invention-provides .-a motor drive 1 I gearin which inayl' e applied to any ordi nary" orm-ofwa on or similarvehicle to drive said vehicle, pow thus converting the 'sarneinto a rnotorvehicle and it will be a,

eve 26 willbe inovedjongitudi- 'necessary- 'It will also be seenthat the inplicable'to any vehicle of the, type ma e.- 10 run; the vehiele forward or backward or to.

frame independent of t erun gear and tween said shaft' 'and the rear w e seenfrom; the. foregoin descrip vin presence 10f two witnesseszi I v 1 SMITH apparent that the construction is also such v as toenable the gearing tobe removed at will when its use is no further desired or repairs or the replacementbf new, for, old arts'is'fio vention provides" a simple and eifectivesteen ing gear for-use'incon unction. with the rno tor mechanism and which is also readil ap 5 Having'thusdescribedtheinvention what 1. Incombination with the rear hounds and axle of the runnin gear of avehicle',' a

arranged below the hounds and'a' e, han 'ers j supporting the frame from the rear axle, as

temngs securin the-fram'eto the-houndaa rnotor carried y said 'frame, anddriving gearingdriven'by said motor and in gear-175i witht e'rear wheels of the=vehicle.

2: In combination withtherunning ear of a vehicle, aframe-independent of an arranged below the rear hounds and rear-axle,

hangers supporting the rear-portion of the f frame-from the rear-aqrlmmeans-including a' v clamping, bar resting .upon the hounds and:-

supportingithe front portion-of the frame; a

-m0to'r.on said frame, and. gearing actuatedby saidrnotor for drivin' the rear wheels.

- 3. In combiinittionwit the running... ear

of a'vehicle', a frame. independent of an dew tachably supported uponthereal: axle and;

hounds thereof, agn etor carried/by said '1. frame, a. ower shaft on the, frame, gearin t9 between t e motor and shaft for driving sai "shaft 'in either direction, Land earingb'e ieelfof the" vehiclefii K 1 4. In combination with the running gear of a vehicle,- a frame inde' endent of said running' gear and arranged Era-10w the rear axle and rear hounds "thereof; means detachably supporting said" frame fromsaid axle hounfds,a motorniountedupon the frame, a 109 {power shaft journaledon the frame, reversi- 1e gea'ringfor driving the shaft from the m0-" respeotivejrearwheels 'of thef v, r I05 vehicle. I

my signature" I "In testimony wh reof; I amx Witnesses:- 'OWEN BOND,-

- f ERED Bonn. I I ,1 i 

